The news currently coming out from Burma is concerning. The military government appears to be resorting to violence against the peaceful protests of the monks.
It’s clearly a developing situation, but I do hope that the Burmese people can find a way to the peaceful democracy they so clearly want.
International pressure will be vital here, and hopefully India and China can be encouraged to use their influence to get the military to hand power back to it’s democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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September 27th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
It may be that the Internet can make a difference this time to keeping the world informed and concerned about what is happening Burma. The attitude of the Chinese is shameful but that of the India – a democracy – is inexplicable,
October 4th, 2007 at 8:49 am
[...] previously mentioned I’ve been closely following events in Burma, and am therefore happy to participate in a day of weblogger action – in the hope it’ll help [...]